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Dunning, John : Two O'clock, Eastern Wartime

Scribner, New York City, NY, 2001

ISBN 0743201957

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 478 pages. The author's seventh novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Dunning's "Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime". As critics like to say: Unputdownable. "With the verisimilitude that's a hallmark of his writing, Dunning delves into a new topic, the golden days of radio, igniting the reader's excitement about the enormous potential of the medium. Jack Dulaney, a novelist, follows a dead man's trail to the Jersey shore in the early days of World War II, where a radio station owned by a recluse has fallen on hard times. The mysterious Harford, who built the station as a showcase for his late wife's ambition, has all but abandoned WHAR, but the actors, writers, producers, and technicians who once shared the dead woman's dream are galvanized by the appearance of Dulaney, who finds his true metier in the creation of original, politically provocative broadcast dramas. Dulaney's creative process is artfully drawn and the ambience of America in wartime is skillfully portrayed" (Jane Adams). "Radio is the greatest invention of the past four centuries. It ranks right up there with Gutenberg's movable type as an earth-shaking force. One of the first things Gutenberg did with his movable type was print a magnificent Bible. The first thing radio did was argue how much selling would be permitted and how ridiculous it would be allowed to get. If it keeps on the way it's going there won't be anything worth listening to. I have this almost morbid fear of the future. Not that radio's greatest days will fade away, but that its greatest day will never come. Fifty years from now it could just be a medium of hucksters and fools, a whorehouse in the sky" (John Dunning). An absolute "must-have" title for John Dunning collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in metallic-silver pen-marker on the title page by John Dunning. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The signature stands out beautifully against the light. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery writers of our time. A fine copy. . ISBN 0743201957.

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